Meanwhile, at the completely blocked stairwell on the 25th floor, a woman with a lot of style, accompanied by two followers, was resolutely stopped by armed police, police officers, and Jiasheng's security guards.
'Do you know who this is? This is Shen Xue, the famous host of our provincial station. She is one of the hosts of tomorrow's party. Of course she has things to discuss with the stars of the show. If you stop her like this, and if something goes wrong, and the hosting doesn't go well, can you take responsibility for that?'
The hostess of the provincial TV station, the host of tomorrow's show, Shen Xue, who is usually gentle and amiable on TV, folded her arms, looked coldly at the people blocking the road, and looked directly up at the building.
Within the province, she can go in and out of all kinds of places without needing any kind of proof, just by swiping her face.
The one shouting loudly next to her was a man with a briefcase and glasses, another attendant, and the camera on his shoulder was working.
However, these words were useless. The armed police were unmoved, and the hotel security guards likewise ignored them.
The police officer knew her better, and the leader stepped forward to explain a few words. 'It's good that you were able to come up here. To go any higher, you need a special pass. And as instructed from above, all the people and credentials have to match. Even the leaders of our precinct can't go up there themselves. I'm sorry, Ms. Shen, but this is where our duties lie. Please forgive us!'
Shen Xue looked at the police officer who was explaining for the first time. She was familiar with police ranks and knew that the one leading the way was at most the head of a police station. It was usually difficult to meet him, and he was the one maintaining order on such occasions. 'I'm also doing my job. My duty is to do a good job hosting this event. If I'm delayed, can you take responsibility for that?'
Shen Xue's disdain was obvious to everyone, but this was not the station's responsibility. Strictly speaking, Shen Xue was also participating in a commercial performance. Although she had only received a token amount of money this time, some hosts would even try to bribe their way in.
But the leading policeman, although unhappy, still explained with patience, 'I'm sorry, you're not on the list and you don't have a pass.'
'Do you know that Ms. Shen doesn't even need a pass to enter the provincial party committee?' The one wearing glasses yelled again, 'Look,' he said, pointing at the one carrying the camera, whose work indicator light was on. 'These images are all recorded, aren't you afraid that we will complain to the leaders of the municipal police station?'
One of the supervisors among the three security guards at the back couldn't stand it anymore and stood up, "Sir, please keep your voice down and don't disturb our hotel guests. In addition, I would like to emphasize that this is our business." What he meant was that this was not the business of the TV station, and it was useless for you to bring out the leaders.
'If you want an interview, there will be a special press conference tomorrow morning,' discussing work, are you trying to fool a three-year-old? Do you need a camera to discuss work?
'Forget it, let's go,' before the security guard was about to get physical and chase people away, Shen Xue turned around and left.
This was one of the rare times she had encountered a closed door in the province, and she felt a little embarrassed.
'That's fine, Miss Shen, you go find a place to rest first, I'll go negotiate with the boss of Jiasheng,' the bespectacled man said.
Once they were in the elevator, the man with the camera turned it off and sighed, 'What a pity!'
Of course they knew there would be a press conference the next morning, but with that kind of footage, everyone would have it. If they could go up there today, they would have the exclusive. Even if they didn't give it to the station, they could sell it to those domestic entertainment news programmes for a high price.
Shen Xue didn't really care about the money, but if she could go up there today and interview the two kings and record it for broadcast, wouldn't her popularity also spread across China?
The three of them sulked down to the podium, with Glasses leading the way, and tried to enter Xu Bin's office, but they were stopped. 'Sorry, Mr Xu is busy at the moment, please wait a moment,'
which was not a lie, as the door to the office there was ajar and it was very crowded inside.
From Xu Bin's voice, it sounded as if he was sitting over by the coffee table, and the desk could only be occupied by someone of higher status, their boss? Then they'd better wait a while!
The secretary who was trying to stop them was also very busy, with the phone ringing non-stop, and no time to take them anywhere to sit down. Glasses had no choice but to push open the doors of five meeting rooms in a row. There were people in all of them, all engaged in heated discussions, and they simply didn't have time to pay any attention to them. No one came up to ask for autographs or take a group photo. There was nothing they could do. Today, they had seen too many celebrities in person, and Shen Xue was really not that impressive.
At the door of the last small meeting room, just as Glasses was about to open the door, Huang Jingping happened to come over with a blanket and stopped in front of the door, 'What are you doing?'
'Using the meeting room,'
'There are people inside,' Huang Jingping whispered.
'Who? Having a meeting? I'd like to watch,' Huang Jingping wasn't even wearing the hotel's uniform, and she was holding a blanket. She was probably a room service waitress. Glasses didn't care about her opinion and reached out to open the door.
'You go somewhere else, my boyfriend is resting in there,' Huang Jingping really didn't know Shen Xue. Even if she did, so what? This is Ping's company, this is Ping's hotel, and he is the master here.
'Everyone is so busy, and your boyfriend not only sleeps but also takes up a meeting room? I want to see who he is, and I must talk to President Xu later,' Having been rejected all the way here, Glasses' anger finally found an outlet. He glanced at the tall man filming, who had separated Huang Jingping to one side. Glasses opened the door, and Shen Xue walked in, not even looking at Huang Jingping, who was fuming and blushing.
The anger and resentment of these petty people were completely ignored by her.
The computers on the meeting room table were all black screens. Next to them, a young guy was lying on the chair in his clothes, looking like he was sleeping soundly.
'Hey,' Huang Jingping couldn't stop him in time, and Glasses walked straight over, kicked the chair, and said, 'Wake up, go and slack off somewhere else, we need this meeting room,'
Shen Xue ignored everything that was going on here, walked gracefully over to the table and sat down, taking out a mirror to check her makeup.
The glasses saw that the young man in the chair opened his eyes, a little confused and a little surprised, and then a smile appeared on his face, but after hearing what he said, the smile quickly disappeared.
Feng Yiping was a little shocked. Wasn't Jingping by his side? How come it was this rough man?
He remembered that he was the host and was about to smile and say hello, but the glasses' words, which were more masterly than his own, made him unable to smile immediately.
'I'm sorry Yiping, I didn't stop them,'
'It's fine,' Feng Yiping patted her hand, "Where are you from and what's the matter?" he asked, turning his head.
Just by looking at the way these people were acting, he knew that they were definitely not from his company, and they should not be from a partner company either.
'Who we are and what we're doing is none of your business. This is not the place for you to show off your affection. Didn't you hear what I said? We need to use this meeting room, so get out!' the man with glasses said as he stood by.
Shen Xue leaned back in her chair, her eyes looking out the window, as if she were thinking about something big, completely ignoring what was going on here. The cameraman was fiddling with his precious machine, also feeling that what they were doing and saying was perfectly normal.
Even Feng Yiping, with his good breeding, was quite angry at this point, but obviously it would be beneath his dignity to respond in kind. He picked up his phone and was about to ask the security guard to ask these people who knew nothing to leave, except that the woman was the daughter of an official, so he would do it regardless.
Before he could dial Gao Zhiyi's number, the door was gently opened and Fang Yingzhi walked in with a folder. 'Yiping, you're awake. President Jin said that Senior Official Guo from the provincial government...'
Before she could finish, Feng Yiping stopped her with a hand gesture, and pointed at the three men without looking. Fang Yingzhi then noticed the three men, and walked back to open the door. 'I'm sorry, we need to use this meeting room. Which department are you from? If you have any business, please go to the front desk,'
This was a way of telling them to go away. Shen Xue was outraged this time. Not only had she been turned away several times, but she had also been ignored when she was being turned away. She had been putting on a face for so many years, but today, how was it that so many people didn't recognise her?
When she had just looked in the mirror, her makeup was clearly done very well!
This time, she didn't need to wait for her glasses to come to her aid. She spoke directly, 'I'm Shen Xue, the host of the provincial TV station. What department are you from? What kind of work attitude is this? Lu, write this down and make sure you report it to President Xu.'
Report it to President Xu? Fang Yingzhi laughed, 'This is our group's Chairman Feng. If you have any business, please contact the receptionist or the office first. Sorry, please!'
The three people, including Shen Xue, were devastated at this moment. They had just remembered that, according to legend, the boss of Jiasheng was a young man.
Shen Xue, who was graceful and domineering, had no choice but to force a smile on her face and hurriedly stood up and reached out her hand, 'I'm sorry, Director Feng, my staff are not very knowledgeable,'
Feng Yiping ignored her and took the folder handed to him by Huang Jingping and read it, as if he hadn't seen it.
'Director Shen, is it? Please contact the reception or the office if you have any business. Our director is very busy right now,' Fang Yingzhi invited them to go outside again.
This time, she really couldn't stay. When Shen Xue went out the door, she glanced back. The young and overly confident chairman was buried in his documents, not even looking over here, as if nothing had happened at all.
She had always ignored people more often than not, but she never imagined that this time, she would be completely ignored.
The door to the meeting room closed behind her, and Shen Xue really wanted to go back and knock on the door to explain properly. But there was no way. This opportunity was really hard to come by for her.
Glasses had lost his arrogance and was bowing his head, saying, 'Let's go find President Xu and explain. I'll take the opportunity to express my apologies and mention the pass again.'
'Mention the pass again?' Shen Xue gave him a blank look. 'Lu, can you be a bit more careful? You've offended their boss for no reason,'
'Yes, now is not the time to worry about the pass,' the cameraman said halfway through the sentence. What should be worried about is whether they can continue to host the stage tomorrow.
'Let's go, no need to find Xu Zong,'
'Okay,' Black Pot Man Lu also understood, why would he take the initiative to mention this to Xu Zong?
It's just that he also felt very uneasy in his heart. Would that little boss really care about this?